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Consensus 2017 attracted a thriving, ambitious crowd to New York City, with the attendance comprising of more than 2,700 people from all over the globe. Here are some the top headlines. Rootstock Launches Smart Contract Test Net, Ginger Rootstock Labs (RSK), a Blockchain startup from Buenos Aires opened its smart-contract test network, named Ginger. RSK announced at Consensus 2017 that…

Yours.org, a project that makes the marketplace for content creation accessible and fair, has announced a decision to switch to Litecoin, a digital currency whose value is on the rise. Ryan Charles, the cofounder and CEO of Yours.org announced “We are currently migrating our infrastructure from bitcoin to litecoin.” Charles explained to a substantial Twitter fan base his logic in…

Almost 3,000 C-suite leaders in executive positions were surveyed by IBM for their input regarding the topic of the blockchain, in the most comprehensive report on business sentiment regarding the technology. They were given a chance to discuss operational plans, revenue projections, and overall industry shifts. According to the results, one third of these C-Suite executives are currently using or…

Antshares sets the pace in a new playing field amongst Blockchain applications and is set to release their smart contracts 2.0 in June, an important development contributing to diversity within the blockchain community and of smart contracts, with Hyperledger not open to the public and Rootstock yet to release anything. When projects such as Bitcoin and Ethereum emerge, their success…

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Blockchain technology has made a warmly welcomed appearance in the fashion industry. A forward-thinking fashion leader, Martine Jarlgaard, is using the distributed ledger so that her clothing company will be accountable for the story behind the making of its garments. The industry of fashion, while highly competitive, has always been an enabler of bad business, even if accidentally, because consumers…

There is a new, rising trend in the outskirts of Bitcoin communities, and it has a more charitable spirit than what you might usually read about bitcoin. At Bitvest.io, a bitcoin gaming and investment site, there is a group of people who participated in a remarkable contest during the first week of February. The group is a mix of personalities…

After recent PBOC measures, the Chinese Bitcoin mining company known as HaoBTC is closing the doors on the portion of their business that is their modestly-sized bitcoin exchange. The PBOC’s regulatory requirements are likely to blame for the predictable demise of small exchanges like the one that will cease to operate over at HaoBTC. The exchange, launched in April 2016,…

The Italian government has presented a crisis intervention or “bank rescue” for the world’s oldest surviving bank, Monte Paschi, which continues to scramble for cash to recapitalize. A proposed solution is to increase the public debt by as much as 20 billion euros, but this proposed amount does not even generate enough to keep the affected banks afloat. The deficiency…

China is rumored to be considering policies that impose drastic changes to bitcoin usage. These changes include restrictions to be placed on all of China’s domestic bitcoin exchanges that will prevent any digital currency from being moved outside of the country. They aim to cap the amount of bitcoin that can be sent abroad, which is fueling rumors of…

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